Hawks wrestler Taylor Call takes down a Shorecrest grappler after lifting him high in the air above the home mat last Thursday in the Terraceum.
Despite Call’s effort the Hawks dropped the match to the Scotts. Winter sports are nearing the end of their run for this year, so check out more of the
action in sports. See pages 15-16.

Mountlake Terrace High School
students and staff returned to school
a day later for the new semester than
was originally
The last day
planned.
Due to overof school will
night snow
now be Wed.
fall on Sunday,
June 18 –
the Edmonds
unless more
S c h o o l
District
snow forces
(ESD) closed
additional
schools, as did
cancellations
many other
districts in the
Puget Sound region.
The three and half day weekend that
followed finals week was extended
to an unexpected four and half day
weekend. The snow day was followed
with a two-hour late start on Tuesday
morning.
Other nearby districts closed school,
too, on Monday and, in certain places,
Tuesday due to snow.
The ESD Web site (www.edmonds.
wednet.edu) provides information on
snow make-up days. Currently, June
18, 19, 20, May 23, and June 23 will
be the days that will replace the days
lost to snow, in that order.
The last day of school was scheduled for June 17. Now because one
day of school was lost, school will
end on June 18 – and possibly later
if additional days are cancelled due to
weather.
Students may check the school’s
status at www.schoolreport.org or
on local news Web sites, such as
KOMO-TV4 (www.komotv.com) or
KIRO-TV7 (www.kirotv.com).
As of press time, the weather forecasts predicted no snow, but plenty of
rain for the coming week.

New law prohibitsStatetexting
while
driving
among the first to enact ban popular cell phone activity by drivers
By Colin Diltz

Photography Manager

Texting while driving has been prohibited by
Washington state law since Jan. 1 this year, and
later next year drivers will have to have a hands-free
method of speaking on their phones, too.
Those found violating this law could be fined at
least $101. That amount can increase if the texting
leads to an accident. All fine amounts double in
school zones. That means that a $101 fine would
double to $202 within a school zone, like 44th
Avenue – the road in front of MTHS.
Washington is the first state in the nation to ban
texting while driving. This ban does not include
passengers’ rights to text nor is dialing phone numbers to call someone considered texting.
An offender of this new law cannot be fined for
photo illustration by Colin Diltz/Hawkeye texting unless he or she commits another crime
Studies show that texting and talking on cell phones add dangerous distractions while driving. Then he or she will get a ticket for
for drivers, especially those who haven’t had their licenses for long.
both offenses.

Citations for texting while driving won’t affect the
driver’s insurance or driving record.
According to the AAA study on teen driving habits, 46 percent of teens text while driving and 51
percent admitted to talking on their phones while
driving.
William Van Tassel, PhD, manager, AAA Driver
Training said in a report released by the AAA,
“Inexperience behind the wheel coupled with poor
decision-making ability make it even more important for teens to stay focused when driving. Their
attention should not be divided among phones,
friends, and the road.”
Talking on cell phones is not illegal until July 1
this year. Starting in July, those who wish to talk
on their cell phones must have a hands free talking device.
If one is found talking on his or her cell phone
without one of these devices, he or she can be fined
$101 unless it was an emergency.

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news briefs

Havin’ a ball on Monday’s snow day

ASB Public Relations
officer resigns

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s of earlier this month, it has been
confirmed that Lennon Ward will
no longer be serving as ASB Public
Relations officer. No one will be replacing him until the next ASB election that
will be held next month.
However, this does not have an impact
on any activities that ASB will be hosting. The other five ASB officers will be
picking up the slack and making sure
that everything is taken care of.
Ward said, “They [the officers] will
handle things just as well as they have
in the past.”
The Hawkeye will continue to bring
coverage on the upcoming elections.

AP Government students
submit Senate Bill

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errace’s AP Government class recently helped create what has become
Senate Bill 6537. The bill is supported by
Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe who wrote a
similar bill that would fund art.
SB 6537 would collect one percent of
the revenue made from the entrance fee
of professional sporting events or live
entertainment in Washington state. The
money collected would help financially
support middle and high school extracurricular activities.
The AP Government class was concerned with the effect the new vending machine law would have on funding extracurricular activities. The vending
machine law limits the food items that
can be sold at public schools and thus
extracurricular activities could receive significantly less money.
The hearing for the bill is scheduled on
Jan. 31.

Multicultural dinner a
great hit

Colin Diltz/Hawkeye

Brandon Martinec prepares to roll a five-foot round snow ball down 236th street in Mountlake Terrace on Monday. More than five
inches of snow blanketed the Mountlake Terrace and Brier area cancelling school at MTHS and throughout the Puget Sound region.

Press rights bill resurrected in senate
By Kathryn Goddard

Assistant General Manager

Senate Bill 6449 was referred to the Judiciary committee
on Jan. 18. The bill is aimed to protect rights of high school
and college age journalists. It is similar to a House bill from
last year, 1307, which included high school students but
only passed for college students in the senate judiciary committee.
If the bill passed, it would protect student journalists from
censorship by advisers and administrators in public schools.
Students would no longer be subject to prior restraint,
which means that no one but the student journalists would
be able to decide what goes into the paper or broadcasting
program.
Also, the adviser and administrators would not be liable for
what the students produce. The bill also protects journalism
advisers from getting fired or in any way punished for refusing to censor a publication’s content.
The reason why some people appose this bill is because
they believe that students will be irresponsible with this
power and freedom, printing or broadcasting whatever they
chose without discretion.
Hawkeye adviser Vince DeMiero said, “For the former
advisers at Cascade and Everett high schools who have been
removed from their jobs, as well as dozen of students who

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are no longer able to produce any uncensored publications
at these schools, this legislation would have prevented these
events and still protected the interests of the district.”
The bill states that student journalists will gain responsibility and be better equipped for society by being able to
explore their rights and be held accountable for their work.
The bill does not offer students the opportunity to print anything that is obscene, slanderous, violates school rules and
policies, or that breaks any other law.
“It [the bill] is important because it would be the first
piece of legislation that would protect the rights of student
journalists, advisers, and administrators as well as clarify the
accountability issues in terms of who is ultimately responsible for the content of student publications,” DeMiero said.
Last year, mostly conservative Republicans opposed House
Bill 1307, while Democrats supported it. Supporters of Senate
Bill 6449 include Democratic senators Joe McDermott,
Brian Weinstein, Adam Kline, Ed Murray, Jeanne KohlWelles, Rosemary McAuliffe, and Karen Keiser.
The bill is to be voted on by the Senate Judiciary Committee
in order to pass on to the Senate floor, after which, if it passes it will move on to the House. The bill is not yet scheduled
to be presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the
Hawkeye will continue to bring coverage on the bill’s progress.

Pregnant?

wo senior girls hosted the second
Mountlake Terrace High School
multicultural dinner on Jan. 15. Seniors
Joselyn Leon and Seila Villeda organized
the event.
About 350 to 400 students, teachers
and family members attended the senior
project, which was aimed at celebrating
and sharing different cultures.
The entertainment for the evening came
from all sources within MTHS. To start
off the entertainment portion of the night,
Meghna Jarardi danced to an Indian song
and was followed by the Dynamics singers. The rest of the night was filled with
song and dance from myriad cultures.
Differences in cultures were also exhibited in the many foods brought by guests
to the potluck dinner. Various families
interacted with each other to get a taste
of diverse ways of life.
The multicultural dinner last year
rounded up about 200 students and was
headed by senior who also made the dinner his senior project.

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Heading north? Don’t
forget your passport
By Kathryn Goddard

Assistant General Manager

Major changes in policies pertaining to entering and exiting the boarder that Canada and the
U.S. share are preparing to take effect.
Previously travelers were only required to have
passports when traveling to and from Canada
by air. Land and sea travelers have been permitted to cross the boarder with a birth certificate and a valid ID.
However, according to U.S. Customs and
Border Protection, starting Jan. 31 passports
will be required for persons of the age 19 and
older, in order to enter and exit the United
States of America, by any means.
Possibly starting this coming summer, this
law would apply to everyone crossing the border. Until then those under 19 will be required
to either have a birth certificate, frequent traveler card, or a citizenship card.
Canada is not the only country to implement
this new law. Mexico and Bermuda will enforce
it as well.
Some attempts to ease the transition are limited use Passport Cards for land and sea travelers will take place in the spring. For those living in Washington State, Vermont, and New
York that travel across the border frequently, an
Enhanced Drivers License is being created that
acts as a passport.
Other documents that will be accepted are
Trusted Traveler Cards such as NEXUS,
SENTRI, or FAST, Military Identification
with Military Travel Orders, and Native
American Photo Identification cards.
This will not be the only transition in document requirements for International travel. As

early as June 1st, 2009 the U.S. Customs and
Border Protection will start changing to the
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative document.
There are various ways to obtain a passport.
Most local post offices accept applications.
Also for a $15 fee
However, according a passport photo
to U.S. Customs and may possibly be
Border Protection, taken at some sites.
However there are
starting Jan. 31
other various fees
passports will be
associated with
required for persons applying for a passport. All ages have
of the age 19 and
a $30 acceptance
older, in order to
fee. Those that are
enter and exit the
under age 16 have a
$52 application fee
United States of
and those over 16
America, by any
have a $67 applicameans.
tion fee.
Those attempting
to receive a passport should allow a sufficient
amount of time before they wish to travel. It
usually takes 6-8 weeks to receive a passport,
but if backed up the process could be delayed.
Two photographs, proof of U.S. citizenship
(such as an original birth certificate, not a copy),
and a valid form of photo identification such as
a drivers license or school I.D. are needed documents in the application process.
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol along
with the United States Postal service Web site,
has many resources on how to locate local post
offices or passport agencies.

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Benazir Bhutto assassination

Hawkeye Staff Editorial

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Bills to care about

esponsibilities of respectable citizens include being accountable
to their community, to observe and set it on the right path and
the Hawkeye executive council believes that the school is a place
where students learn to become such people. Thus we support Senate
Bill 6537 and Bill 6449 that will help schools fulfill this duty.
SB 6449 strives for the same mission of House Bill 1307 introduced last year: to protect the First Amendment rights of high school
and college journalists in Washington state.
Think about the importance of the First Amendment in democracy. Citizens cannot hold their leaders accountable if their deeds
are secret. People cannot blindly participate in the government and
expect to make effective changes. The public needs to be informed of
its social and political happenings. Thus journalists play a crucial role
in democracy.
Imagine a school that practices censorship, where student journalists are encouraged to report only superficial happenings and never
the thought-provoking truths. Or imagine student journalists learning to depend on the principal’s opinion but not their own. Are the
students learning to become dependent on older figures or strong
individuals? Thankfully the Hawkeye is not subject to such situations; our administrators support our open forum. But the unlucky
students in many schools will not experience freedom cherished in
the history textbooks until after high school. Under censorship students may learn to take photographs or lead an interview but not
learn the purpose of journalism. This brings up a troubling thought
for the future – will censorship become a norm in journalism? We
hope not. Democracy and censorship do not mix.
This bill, if passed, will establish a safe learning environment for
student journalists. It affirms that student editors should be legally
responsible for what they publish, which makes sense because the
publication is their product, not the principal’s. If the bill is approved,
the principals will not have to fear a lawsuit and will have no reasons
to censor the publications. Every student journalist in Washington
will be able to utilize their rights, education, and talents to impact
their communities. This is our hope for student journalists for the
state and the nation; the Hawkeye fully supports the bill.
We also applaud the AP Government class for taking actions to
improve our community. The AP Government class, led by instructor
Jeanie Brzovic, submitted a possible solution to a financial problem
extracurricular activities will face next year.
If this bill is approved, one percent from the admission price
required to enter professional live entertainments or sporting events,
will go to support extracurricular activities. Previously, the profit
from vending machines financially supported extracurricular activities, including after school clubs, visual and performing arts departments, and sports programs. However, a nutritional law from 2007
will restrict sales of most food sold in vending machines, and thus cut
the extracurricular activities fund, limiting opportunities in and perhaps even the numbers of extracurricular organizations.
The Hawkeye staff, as part of an extracurricular organization,
know that these programs make school more bearable. But more than
that, extracurricular activities provide students with hands-on opportunities unavailable in regular class environments. These organizations and events are opportunities to use skills learned in classrooms.
Sports and clubs bring together students of a different grade and of
different small schools. We have many assemblies for motivation and
unity because they are that essential to the school. The hearing for
this bill is scheduled on Jan. 31. The executive council wishes the bill
good luck; we hope that the hearing committee will approve the bill.
We are also proud of the AP Government class for being active and
impacting this community.
The Hawkeye staff editorial represents the views
of the Executive Council

U.S. involvement in the unstable situation will only hinder image globally

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he recent assassination of the former Pakistani
Prime Minister and Pakistani People’s Party
(PPP) leader Benazir
Bhutto has left Pakistan
in tumult and the countrywide elections postponed.
On Dec. 27, Bhutto
was addressing and
thanking thousands of
Sara Suryan
her supporters in a politHAWKEYE Staff
ical rally in Rawalpindi.
As her convoy was leaving, an assassin opened
fire on her car and she suffered a fatal head injury.
At the same time, dozens were killed by a suicide
bomber blast. Bhutto’s party has been taken over
by her son and widowed husband, the former
who has been involved in countless scandals and
is mistrusted by many Pakistanis. There is some
question over who will be the new official candidate on the ballot for the People’s Party, and the
final nominee remains to be announced. This
has been a massive blow to her political party,
and could not have come at a better time for her
political opposition. Bhutto had been planning
on meeting with two visiting American lawmakers and presenting a 160-page report accusing the
Musharraf government of planning to rig the Jan.
8 election, The Associated Press reported. The
meeting was scheduled to take place a few hours
after she was assassinated.
There have been several theories regarding exactly how she died, ranging from that she is still alive,
to having struck her head on the car’s sunroof
latch, or that supporters of the Pakistani Muslim
League murdered her in an attempt to keep the
status quo. What is blatantly missing is any sort
of autopsy or investigation. Widely circulated
videos have shown a gunman at the scene and no
security present. The Pakistani government is in
charge of security at such an event as a political
rally, many now question how there could have
been such lax security for such an important and
controversial figure.
Two hours after the assassination, officials
were seen hosing down the scene with fire hoses.
The number one rule in investigating anything is
that you must preserve the evidence to have any
shot at getting to the truth. And obviously, hosing down a street in which many were just killed
removes any chance at collecting this evidence.
But this was the order from the Pakistani government, so there must be a valid reason, right?
Officially, the street was cleaned so that it was
not an emotionally charged landmark for those
who had just lost loved ones in the suicide bomber’s blast. But anyone with a brain can see that
this is not a valid reason to destroy something so
important, and questions have begun to pop up
from news sources around the world. Was this a
cover up? Who was involved? And who had the
most to gain?

The second reason to question the decisions
made after Bhutto’s death is that no opposition
was shown to her family’s refusal for an autopsy,
and she was subsequently buried less than two
days after her death. Again, this is destroying evidence, but it is has an effect that could be said to
represent the “out of sight, out of mind” theory,
which is used repeatedly by dictators around the
world, and even by our country’s present government.
Following her assassination, rioters have
strengthened their fight against all forms of establishment; including banks, government houses,
markets, and more than 100 voting offices. The
Election Commission has since postponed elections until mid-February, when many hope that
the unrest will have died out. However, there are
some who believe that postponing the election
will only lead to more unrest and opposition to
a new ruler.
What is most surprising is that both opposition parties (including the PPP) to the current
ruling party have said that they are ready for the
voting process. What was supposed to be such
a democratic notion has turned into a battle of
time. Many have argued that current Pakistani
PM Musharraf and the Election Commission’s
decision to postpone the election is an attempt
to ration the pity vote that the People’s Party is
undoubtedly likely to receive. In a recent news
conference, Musharraf was asked “How could
you claim transition toward democracy when a
majority of people believe your hands are stained
with Benazir’s blood?” He denied answering, saying that it was beneath his dignity. The Bush
administration and the British have supported
Musharraf in the past, but members of the west
recently began to whisper about a possible attack
on this Middle Eastern country due to its terrorist ties. Our involvement seems a little two-sided,
does it not?
So, what’s the deal? Why are we getting involved
in another conflict that has no immediate threat
to our nation’s security, well-being and economic
survival? Well, there are a few cynical reasons.
One, it could be that our government is continuing it’s quest for world domination. This seems
to be a growing trend throughout our world policy; Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Pakistan? Two,
we are once again driven by our greed to secure
future oil resources. And three, we are stupidly
involved in another self-destructive situation for
the personal achievement of our president.
Washington is unquestionably concerned about
the potential impact of these developments on
Pakistan’s cooperation in our “War on Terror.” An
unstable nuclear Pakistan with religious political
parties in power would be a disaster to our current plan to win the war, as it would undoubtedly
lead to a continuity of our failed attempt at conquering the Middle East, and even more world
opposition to our already unpopular war.

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The principal’s corner

Letter to the Editor

I know how much theft sucks, seriously

Students rights

he first time I was robbed, it was an incredible shock.
It happened at my home and I remember walking out
of my house on a Sunday morning to get the paper when I saw
my car with all four doors wide
open and the driver’s side window smashed out. My stereo,
golf clubs, all of my cd’s—all
were gone. I think it cost me
nearly $1000 to put everything
back to normal again. Why do
Greg Schwab
Principal
I tell you this story? Because, I
want those of you who have lost
things to theft to know that I can definitely relate to you. I
understand how it feels to lose things to a thief.
The amount of theft occurring here lately has been alarming. iPods, cell phones, purses, wallets, back packs—all seem
to be targets for thieves. Even Ms. Murphy, one of our assistant principals, experienced theft recently when a student
stole her cell phone out of her office. I feel really badly for
students who come to the office looking for help after discovering that they have lost items of great value. We take
theft reports and we follow up with students we think my
have information about the items stolen. In many cases, we
do recover the stolen items, but in other cases we don’t. It is
very frustrating to try and explain to victims that there isn’t
much we can do for them. All we can do is keep a lookout

for the stolen goods and have them let us know if they see
anyone with the item.
I guess the larger question I have for everyone is why?
Why do we steal from one another? Among the rotten
things people do to each other, stealing from one another is
pretty high on the list. On some level I get that some students are envious of the things that others own and it seems
really tempting when these items are so easy to take. We
talk a lot about respecting each other and making MTHS a
place where everyone can feel safe. Sadly, this is not the case
when it comes to theft. I have resorted to telling students
not to bring these items to school if they don’t want to risk
losing them. It is pretty sad to have to say to someone that
his or her personal items are not safe and if there are things
they really value, they should leave them at home. But that
is the reality of our situation.
For those of you who have lost things to theft, please know
that we are sorry you have experienced this loss. It stinks,
and we will try to help you recover the items you lost. But,
please understand that theft does occur here, and as much
as we would like to believe we can keep your belongings
safe, please know we can’t guarantee this. So, protect your
personal items. Keep these possessions on you at all times
and don’t ever leave anything unwatched. Know that there
are some among us who are simply waiting for you to turn
your back, to look away. To prevent this from happening,
just leave your possessions at home.

The Hawkeye provides school officials this column each issue as a part of our mission as an open, public forum

A word from your asb

Though the first semester is over, stay focused on the important things

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ey guys! Finals are over, and so is the first semester. It’s hard to believe that we are halfway done
already!
With what’s ahead, I know
the second semester will be as
great as the last. Just remember
to stay focused. Seniors, don’t
let senioritis get the best of you
either. I know MySpace is exciting, and MTV reality shows
are out of control, but it’s still
Erin Taylor
ASB Officer
important to get your homework done.
As we can all tell, it’s freezing outside! Fortunately, I hear
our winter sports teams are doing great, so if you get bored
staying inside on a rainy day, there’s some great basketball
and wrestling action that is fun to check out!
I also want to take the time to tell everyone about our service projects for this year. We as an ASB decided that we
would do three service projects this year, one that affects a

student of Terrace, one that affects our community, and a
world-wide project.
So far, we’ve started a fund-raiser this year that raises
money to buy a worthy MTHS student/athlete a lettermen’s jacket that would otherwise not be able to do so. We
are always collecting money for that, so if you have some
extra change on you, drop it off at the ASB office.
We already completed our project for the community
when we did our can food drive, which was a great success.
Our newest project is for an organization called “Invisible
Children.” All the money that we collect for this cause goes
straight to the children of Sudan, who have been affected
by the war and genocide going on over there.
So, spare some extra money you may have for these
kids who need it the most! One last message for seniors.
Stew is working on a slide show for the moving up assembly and needs your help. Please e-mail Stew a picture
of you engaged in an out-of-school activity that you are
involved with. His goal is to get a slide from every senior
at MTHS.

Students making their own
behavioral decisions? No way!
Dear Editor:

There are few issues in our school so fiercely
contested as that of the use of Mp3 players during
class time. Most students would agree it is a privilege worth having.
On the other hand you have the administration, advocating the swift repression of any music
devices found being put to use.
Cram a bunch of hormonal, angsty kids together
in a classroom and tell them not to socialize, to
mute their music, and focus on a lesson they most
likely don’t care about and of course they wont
pay attention.
It doesn’t take a nation-wide survey to know
that.
Now, with a classroom full of inattentive kids,
what do you expect to happen? They will break
rules, vandalize desks, and disrupt class. Give
them the option to listen to their music devices
and they will have something interesting, creative
and personal to occupy them.
Provided that their head phones remain at a reasonable volume, what’s the problem?
What is the difference between a black stare and
a blank stare from a kid with little plastic pieces in
his or her ears?
There is no difference.
Allow them to entertain themselves and you placate them, keep their inattentiveness from turning infectious who knows, given a choice to participate, rather then an ultimatum, they just might
learn to make decisions on their own.
But we can’t have that, now can we?

Brendon Moran

sophomore

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Hawk Talk
Q: How do you study for finals?

Logan Cobb

Tiffany Staley

Nick Lencioni

Ryon Downs

Cassie Christman

“I study five minutes
before class, use
my notes, and try
not to really think
about the test.”

“For finals I take a
couple of days to break
the material up. And
just work on a little bit
each day of the test.”

“I used to look at study
questions and the notes I
had taken before the test.”

“I come in after school
and get help on things
I don’t understand. As
well as read over notes
for certain subjects.”

“I study by reviewing
my past class work and
memorizing important
facts. I learn best
through repetition.”

senior

junior

Renaissance teacher

sophomore

freshman

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Artist Profile

Megan
MacLean
From a pencil to a camera
By Ashley Janus
Hawkeye staff

Many students brim with artistic talent at Terrace.
From the percussion and rhythm that echoes
from the music hall, to the array of performers in
Renaissance, and the pencils and sketchbooks carried around by TAAS students, it gets difficult to
pick just one out from the crowd. Fortunately, one
need not look hard to find one.
Megan MacLean, a junior in TAAS and at 17 has
an eye and hand firmly planted on a camera that in
no way will be put down soon. Being put into digital photography class benefited her more than she
expected.
“I saw it as a graduation requirement at first,”
McLean said. “But the more I got into it, I became
better. I realized there was something more then
just pressing a button, a lot more.”
Pencils were Megan’s main tool for a long time.
“Ever since I was four I’ve been drawn to art. I used
to draw all the time. Our fridge was covered with all
the drawings and doodles I would do, my room still
is. I guess that’s why photography was a fun switch.
Instead of taking time to draw a moment or idea in
my head; I can preserve a moment in history forever,
with just the click of a button,” MacLean said.
After a few weeks into school, she decided that her
knew knowledge and talent could be used somewhere else besides the classroom; she joined The
Tempo.
She now goes to school functions, such as sporting events, theater, and Terrace Idol taking photos
of her classmates doing what they do best. “ I guess
that’s what inspires me,” she recalled. “ I love taking
pictures of people being natural, doing what they
would normally do. Having people pose can get fun,
but it gets old after awhile. Plus you can’t get any
candid shots that way.”
Her favorite photograph she has taken so far is
one of a caterpillar climbing up the stem of a pumpkin. “The colors of it are just really interesting and
add something more to the photo,” she explained.
Along with having the photos she’s taken for The
Tempo in the yearbook this year; Megan is planning on entering her artwork in the Edmonds Art
Festival, held in June.

Show us your art

H

ave you ever wanted to be recognized for
your artwork? Then the Hawkeye has a
proposition for you! Whether it is poetry, music, or
paintings, we want you to show us your work.
Our editors will periodically select one or two
artists for spotlight. With this sort of deal, what’s
to hold you from sending in your demos, photos,
portraits – anything you consider art?
To reach the Editor, you may e-mail Feature.
Hawkeye@gmail.com, or for the pieces of art that
would be considered less appropriate for electronic
travel you may stop by the room 130 after school.
Please include your name, age, grade and contact
info as well as the title and any information about
your submitted artwork.
The Hawkeye will print as many artist profiles
as space permits. As always, our editors reserve the
right to refuse to print material, too.

More ways to pay for college

H

ypothetical Bob is back, and this time he’s received his acceptance letter from his would help him find a job (preferably one related to his major) and it would be an
first choice school! Unfortunately, he was a bit lazy and forgetful and didn’t apply official part of his course of study.
for many scholarships, and won’t be getting much financial
However, it would be pretty difficult for Bob to pay for all of his college costs this
aid from the government.
way. An oft-overlooked or misrepresented way of getting through school is that of
What now? Well, Bob still has quite a few options, includ- military service. Students who enlist in any of the branches of the US military (Army,
ing work-study, co-op programs
Navy (and Marines), Air Force, Coast Guard) can receive
and military service.
up to $50,000 in return for one active duty tour. Students
If you haven’t yet go to the scholarship info page on
The Federal Work-Study
serving in the Reserves can get up to $24,000. If students
the MTHS Web-site: www.edmonds.wednet.edu/MTHS/
Program provides jobs for stucan participate in the Reserve Officers Training Corps, they
StudentGuide/Career/Scholarships/Default.asp
dents with financial need. This
could get their tuition paid for, and a monthly living salary;
pretty much means Bob is guarthey would also have a minimum three-year commitment to
Ruth Reeber
Copy Editor
anteed a job with however many
serve as an officer in the military.
hours his award allows him.
Also, the five military academies (Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force and Merchant
On-campus work is usually done for the school, while off-campus work is generally Marine) are tuition free, but the entrance process is extremely difficult, and students
for a nonprofit organization or for a public agency. This option lets Bob get valuable have obligations after graduation.
work experience—possibly in his career field—while he gets through school.
Bob may not be interested in joining the military, and work may not be how he wants
Schools with co-op programs provide a more intense form of work-study: students to get through college, but he should at least know all his options before he makes a
are required to participate in full-time work as part of the curriculum. For instance, decision. Student loans can pile up quickly, and debt is not a great way to start out in
Bob might have to work full-time for two semesters in order to graduate. The school adult life. The more information Bob has, the better a decision he can make.

Hawkeye | 30 January 2008 |7

Dear Valentine,
While there are many origins of Valentine’s Day, the story of St.
Valentine is the most accepted. St. Valentine was a Roman who
resisted religious conversion and was killed on Feb. 14, 269 A.D.
and later canonized for his martyrdom. The day after his death,
Feb. 15 was already annually celebrated as a fertility festival.
Then, around 496 A.D., Pope Gelasius I combined the two events
and officially declared Feb. 14 as “St. Valentine’s Day.”
Throughout history people began to exchange letters or presents,
which became known as “Valentines” leading us to the way it is
celebrated today.
This year Americans are expected to spend over $13.7 billion on
St. Valentine’s Day. Yet this money could be rather spent to provide safe water to over 274,000 schools in Africa for a year. That
means up to 68,500,000 children who could be healthier. You can
take the opportunity to share love with those who need it, or perhaps you don’t feel like fulfilling the typical Valentine’s Day ritual.
Donate a gift, safe water or a blanket, to someone who needs your
love.
This can easily be done by going to <www.worldvision.org>.

Last year 214 million
roses were produced
just for the holiday.

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Lights. Camera. Idol. After the beginning
of the long-awaited Terrace Idol annual
competition, the audience waited, breathless, as the lights dimmed and our two
hosts, Rebecca Dumanis and Michael
Ward, announced the judges’ names.
The first round, with a total of sixteen
performers from various Edmonds District
schools, was a roaring success. Applause
was a continual ringing in the theater as
the judges told the aspiring-Idols their pros
and cons, and they graciously walked offstage. After the good, the bad, and the ugly
of the total singers, eleven of the best came
out on top as they were picked to represent their schools in the second round. A
majority of the people came from Terrace,
including Amanda Turner, Cameron
Hollingshead, Spencer Milner, Ariana
DeBoo, and Veronica Topacio. The other
in the top eleven included Abbie Homan,
Lynnwood; Brenna Durnin, EdmondsWoodway; Matthew Elamparo, EdmondsWoodway; Jessica Greene, Meadowdale;
Sarah Laven, Edmonds-Woodway; and
Laura Hoover, Edmonds-Woodway.
The second round of Terrace Idol was
fraught with tension as the performers tried

their best to work their way to the top, with
stars in their eyes, for the chance to perform
in Round 3. Mountlake Terrace did especially well, receiving cheers from the audience as their belted out their best, putting
on wonderful performances with recordings, guitars and a grand piano. The judges,
again, gave their views on the performances, and ran over all the performances again
as they decided on the final five. Ariana
DeBoo of Mountlake Terrace, Brenna
Durnin of Edmonds-Woodway, Matthew
Elamparo of Edmonds-Woodway, Laura
Hoover of Edmonds-Woodway, and
Veronica Topacio of Mountlake
Terrace ended up as elated finalists, awaiting the Final Round
of Terrace Idol.
Thursday night, with a full
theater and animated performers, the judges were introduced
for the last time, and the
entertainment began.
Laura Hoover, the
first performer on
stage that night,
surprised the crowd
by accompanying her
voice with the hammer dulcimer, followed

by Veronica Topacio, who shocked Judge
Mark Isakson by actually making him partially enjoy a song he ‘loathed’. And who
says the voice doesn’t hold magic? After
her stirring performance came Matthew
Elamparo, who gave the audience a little
treat with his beat boxing and keyboard
accompaniment. Ariana DeBoo played up
her strengths by singing a lovely song, and
managing to sound like the much-beloved
Ella Fitzgerald all the way. And once again,
Brenna Durnin spiced up the stage with
her song, “You Give Love a Bad Name.”
The ballots were cast, the votes tallied, and after a brief intermission,
the performers walked onstage,
and both the singers and audience alike waited with bated
breath as Rebecca Dumanis
and Michael Ward announced
the Judges’ Choice award,
given to Laura Hoover and
her hammer dulcimer, of
Edmonds-Woodway.
The Peoples’ Choice,

and the next Terrace Idol, award, the very
top honor of the entire Terrace Idol competition, was then announced: Laura Hoover
as well. Screams of applause and cheering
followed her gracious acceptance of the
second trophy.
Unfortunately, it was then informed to
our hosts that it was not, in fact, Laura
Hoover, who had been selected by the people to become the next Terrace Idol. Silence
filled the audience. A stunned final round
of Terrace Idol performers and the audience as well waited, suddenly tense and
partially crestfallen as Rebecca Dumanis
and Michael Ward announced the real
Peoples’ Choice Award winner for Terrace
Idol, 2008. Ariana DeBoo. Gracious in her
triumph and in her defeat, Laura Hoover
turned over the award to Ariana, and the
final song, a tradition by the Terrace Idol
winner, was sung by Ariana DeBoo.
And so now the battle is over, with its
ups and downs, mishaps and amazing performances.

Colin Diltz/Hawkeye

Terrace students did well and five of the singers got to the second round.
Ariana DeBoo and Veronica Topacio made it to the final round, where
Ariana won Terrace Idol despite some confusion among the MCs. For
the past three years a Terrace student has won starting with Spencer
Milner, who also competed this year, then Brett Morrison, and now Ariana
DeBoo.

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Vanessa Chea/Hawkey

Greatest Of All Time for 2007
Hawkeye staff

Hello my movie lovers! Last year in
2007, movie productions made some
epic movies. There were movies like
“Knocked-up,” “I Now Pronounce You
Chuck and Larry,” “Reno 911!: Miami,”
“Blades of Glory,” “Amazing Grace,”
“Hairspray,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks,”
“The Simpson’s Movie,” “Spider Man
3,” “Harry Potter and the Order of
the Phoenix,” “Sweeny Todd,” and

“Ratatouille.” More then three hundred
movies came out last year. However,
there are only five movies that came out
in 2007 that were the best. I took a survey among the Hawkeye Staff. We randomly chose five popular movies for our
survey. Among those five one was chosen
to be the best movie of the 2007.
Out of those movies, “Transformers”
won hands down. “Transformers” is
about a battle between robots. The battle was between the Decepticons and

Autobots. The Decepticons wanted
ultimate power. The only thing that is
stopping them is Sam Witwicky (Shia
LaBeof ). He had the clue that gave the
answer for the Decepticons. What they
needed was right in his own backpack.
He and the Autobots fight for their lives
to get it away from the Decepticons.
The movie was full of epic special effects
that kept everyone on their toes as they
sat in theaters watching this movie. To
go through the same action pack expe-

rience go and rent it or
buy it. It is rated PG-13
for intense sequences of
SCI-FI action violence,
brief sexual humor, and
language.
Ji Mun/Hawkeye

By Elle Patterson

hawkeye | 30 January 2008 | A&E |9

Two legends with a baby and a bag of popcorn

Colin

David

By Colin Diltz

Photography Manager

From the previews no one would
quite expect this to be a zombie movie.
Well, that is half correct. The creatures
in this movie for the lack of a better
description are zombie vampires.
Other than that the movie is very
good. It can even keep the viewers
on their toes at times. There is a portion where you can’t see what is going
on because it is all black, but the tension just builds and builds. The movie
doesn’t seem like it would be a thriller,
but it does a good job of doing just
that.
Other than that Will Smith does
an excellent job of portraying Robert
Neville, the supposed last man on
Earth after a deadly virus breaks out
and kills a majority of the population.
A strange plot twist is added when the
flashbacks are seen and we find out
that Mr. Neville is trying to find a cure
to this virus, which was supposed to
help cure diseases but instead ended
up doing more damage.
A major concern of mine when I saw
this movie was how would Will Smith
do at acting without talking that much
since all he has for companions is
a dog. My worries were soon faded
when I saw that he actually talked to
the dog. The way he was able to communicate with the dog was like as if he
were talking to a normal human being.

It might have been more bothersome,
but the movie had such a strange effect
on the mind to see busy downtown
New York without people. A minor
flaw though was that there were lions
and gazelle in the middle of North
America. It did add a more desolated
appeal to the movie, but I feel it would
have been better if there were actual
indigenous species in New York. The
ending was the only disappointment
in the movie, but I don’t want to spoil
the movie’s end.

By David Clark

Used with permission from www.imdb.com

Hawkeye staff

I feel that the director (Francis
Lawrence) used a series of poor camera techniques. What sort of person
would believe that Robert Neville (Will
Smith) is completely isolated in New
York City if your camera man is running along with him ruining the theatrical effect? Secondly, I would hope that
either screenwriter (Akiva Goldsman
and Mark Protosevich) or Lawrence
would see some problems with continuity in the script: when you digress

By Colin Diltz

Photography Manager

Juno is a comedy about a very serious
issue and that being said it should be
thought as that. The movie has a lot
of repeating elements that are worth
laughs, like the running team between
each season like fall, winter, summer,
and spring.
Juno, played by Ellen Page, is an outcast girl that the school doesn’t really
care about until she gets pregnant.
The movie doesn’t do a very good job
in showing how a high school truly
treats people who do things that most
students would consider strange. On
the other hand though, it does accurately portray kids and how they stick
together and talk to each other about
important situations.
I would have liked to see a little more
involvement from the father of Juno’s
child, Paulie Bleeker who is played
by Michael Cera. It seemed as if his
character there was only for emotional
moments and in the start of the film.
Personally, the movie would have been
a bit more humorous if Bleeker had
more of a say in the baby. For example,
he doesn’t get to decide whether they
would keep the baby.
The part that was the most surprising to me was when Mark Loring,
played by Jason Bateman, decided
to leave Vanessa Loring, played by
Jennifer Garner. They placed an ad in
the “Penny Saver” to see if they could
find a parent who would be willing

to let them adopt their child. There
seemed to be a spark between Mr.
Loring and Juno and was misleading
when Mr. Loring said he would move
to the city. At that point I half expected him to ask Juno to join him and
live with him and together they would
raise the baby, only because it seemed
the chemistry between those two characters was that good.

By David Clark

Used with permission from www.imdb.com

Hawkeye staff

Juno is the story of a teenage girl
(Ellen Page) and her travels through
teenage pregnancy. In this story, she
goes with her friend Bleeker (Micheal
Cera)have sex and she finds out about
it three weeks later. Instead of going
about to get an abortion, Juno searches the local “Penny Saver” and finds
one couple, Mark ( Jason Bateman)

that all social behavior has been lost, it
does not help your argument by creating a zompire (zombie and vampire,
combined) whom literally controls the
rest of his population in NYC. If you
cannot come up something legitimate
to keep your film moving forward, it
seems to have become a general rule to
have some story jump out of nowhere,
especially in horrors over the past year.
This film follows the same promise as
28 weeks later did as you would see
some explosions, some sort of apocalyptic scenery, and you would be completely assured that you would never
be challenged to learn or think about
any sort of controversial or important
thought. Fourth, the zompire’s look so
ridiculously fake, we should just stick
to some good make up artists till we
have some actual realistic special effects.
Lastly, was a monologue from Anna
(Alice Braga) really necessary at the end
of the movie? I would have been more
than happy with the film if it would
have just ended after Smith had pulled
the pin on his grenade because it was
a strong ending for him. Some good
things though were that some elements
of isolation were used really well but all
of it was really inconsistent. For example, Smith’s complete recollection of a
scene from Shrek was hilarious in how
awkward it was but aside from a couple
other moments the movie really lacked
all gusto in exploring the psychological
side of it.

and Vanessa Loring ( Jennifer Garner),
whom seem perfect for the position.
The rest of the film spans over her
pregnancy, and offers much more than
this synopsis. The director ( Jason
Reitman) accurately and appropriately
caught subjects such as social situations
at school (after being pregnant). This
film captures how everyone at high
school outcasts Juno for being pregnant. Another statement made through
this movie is adoption versus abortion,
which Reitman displays his opinion
through Juno’s decision for her child.
Moving on, the work on the sound
track was phenomenal! An assortment
of The Kinks, Kimya Dawson, The
Moldy Peaches, Belle & Sebastian, Cat
Power, and Sonic Youth could never
been used wrong. I personally really
enjoy this sound track outside of the
movie. Each track gains more power as
it goes through the loop, and just can’t
seem to lose itself from my ear buds.
Nothing in our lives requires any sort
of ridiculously dramatic music to it,
which is what this film delivers: realistic moments. Micheal Cera doesn’t
seem to be making any mistakes in
his acting career, and Ellen Page seems
to be making up for X-Men 3. I feel
that Juno was ridiculously awesome,
and definitely a “feel good” movie and
after watching it, I did feel good and I
learned something interesting: within
eight weeks of conception, a baby has
fingernails.

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Hawkeye staff

With the latest updates to the
Alderwood Mall, a new place to find
great food that seems to be popular
is called Blue C Sushi. Blue C Sushi
is located next to the Macaroni Grill.
It has only been in business for a few
months but is already doing well.
It’s a fun place to grab a quick bit
to eat- literally grab. All the tables
in the restaurant are placed around
a conveyer belt that makes its way
continuously around the restaurant
with dishes of fresh sushi
and certain beverages on it. On each

By Colin Diltz

VS

Photography Manager

Sushi Land

table is a book with prices of each
dish. The prices range from $1.25
to $5.00 depending on the color of
the dishes. At the end of your meal,
a waiter counts the total, adding up
the prices of the dishes. You’ll be
surprised by the results; it’s cheaper
than most you’ll find in the mall.
Blue C Sushi is
a great place to eat with friends and
family and to enjoy quick, and wellprepared mainstream sushi. Guests
are seated promptly when arriving, and the environment is sound,
giving guests a small task of the
Japanese culture.

Located on Queen Anne Hill
Marinepolis, Sushi Land is an
excellent place to go for sushi. Be
sure to bring at least $20. Because
the food is so good it can pile up
very quickly. As with Blue C Sushi
there is a conveyer belt that circles
the restaurant. In the middle of the
place is where three cooks prepare
the dishes, which can be seen on a
menu at every seat. The seats are
all stools, except a couple of booths
on the far end.
The dishes can cost $1, $1.50,
$2, or $3. Each dish is color coated
so that you know the cost of each.
The thing is though with the low
prices of each dish it makes you
think you won’t spend a lot of
money, but it adds up per plate.

When you’re done eating the waiters will total up
your dishes and give you a check.
You pay at the entrance of the
restaurant and you can walk right
outside to beautiful Seattle.
There are a variety of veggie and
meat dishes for all sorts of people.
My favorite dish was a box of
deep-fried calamari. It was very
greasy and crunchy, but it tasted
very good. It was actually very similar to chicken. The actual sushi at
this place was good, too. Seeing
the chefs cook the dishes made me
even hungrier for the food.
Even though it is far away from
Mountlake Terrace this is definitely the place to eat if you ever
want sushi and happen to be in the
Seattle area.

Anthony’s

By Ashley Janus

By Colin Diltz

Photography Manager

Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Anthony’s
has it all. Known to be more of a
brunch place, this restaurant also
has great dinners and meals for all
times of the day. Located right next
to the Edmonds Beach it is a great
place to take a date for any dance.
The trip is about 30 to 40 minutes from Mountlake Terrace High
School depending on traffic.
Take notice that to eat here, you
must dress up a little, meaning no
jeans. The food is a bit on the expensive side, but it is well worth the
money you are willing to fork over.

AP Barbara’s

Blue C Sushi

Restaurants put
to the test

By Sharon McClintock
Hawkeye staff

You’re driving down 196th looking
for a place to eat, broke and looking
for a good place to eat. What do you
spy? A.P. Barbara’s. It reminds you
of Grandma’s homemade apple pie.
The great thing is, A.P. Barbara’s is
just like Grandma’s.
The largest group of customers are
regulars, which adds to the homey
quality. The recently redecorated
interior gives the feel of a comfortable and relaxed home. The employees remember most of their customers and give a cheery smile.
They make sure everything is perfect and no one is ignored.
The food, all freshly cooked, is
mostly American with a Greek flair
to it, thanks to a previous owner.
Still, there are burgers with fries

My favorite dish there is the oysters,
which are fried and served with tartar and cocktail sauce.
The waiters are very friendly and
bring lots of water whenever you
need it. They are very helpful in
suggesting things and always have a
smile on, which is a very big plus for
anyone considering a place to eat.
The view during the day is very
nice, because you can see out to sea
and watch the boats as you wait on
your food to be cooked. While the
menu isn’t huge, the selections are all
very good. Everything on the menu
is in big portions, so be sure to save
room for the food before you go.

or chicken fried steak with mashed
potatoes, and the menu includes
lasagna, seafood pasta and more.
A.P. Barbara’s welcomes most of
their customers during the breakfast and lunch hours. They serve
the usual pancakes, eggs, bacon, etc.
for breakfast. For lunch there is an
extensive list of delicious sandwiches. They close around 9 p.m.
To add to the family, home-style
ambiance, the restaurant is actually owned and operated by a family. Their most significant form
of advertisement is from word of
mouth.
For those dining under a budget, A.P. Barbara prices range from
about $8 to $15. Whatever you get,
the plates are so big everyone WILL
get full. Well, maybe not if you’re an
NBA or NFL player.

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for any tech-related updates at
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Apple’s new MacBook is the second
installment of the Mac notebook
By Leslie Ling
Hawkeye Staff

Laptops are all over the place, and the
ideal laptop that is being advertised for
people to get is the Mac notebook. But
why have the old Mac notebook when
there is the new Mac notebook out, the
MacBook. It has everything that the old
Mac notebook has and more.
The MacBook is the newest notebook
that is coming out from Macintosh; with
a cost of $1,099. This new MacBook is the
second generation of the Mac notebook.
The MacBook is powered by an Intel core
2-duo processor of 2.0 GHz or 2.2 GHz
and, according to Apple’s official website,
has up to 4 gigabytes of memory and a
hard drive up to 250 GB.
The new MacBook has a wireless Internet
airport extreme with a speed of 802.11 bits
per second, or bps, making the second
generation faster than its predecessor. The
higher speed of the airport extreme on the
MacBook enhances the notebook at least
five times faster and works better. The
wireless range reaches twice the distance of
the old Mac notebook. The DVD and CD
drive on the MacBook are faster as well, it
burns the CD and DVD eight times faster
and burns double layer. The new MacBook
has a built-in Bluetooth as well, allowing
the user to connect to any wireless acces-

sories and to any phone with Bluetooth. If
the phone of the user has Bluetooth then
the user is able to type, receive, and send
text messages with the MacBook. There is
a function called Bonjour that allows people to connect computer to computer and
share files, printers, data, and networks.
The MacBook now has a longer battery
supply that lasts up to six hours without
a power cord. When users are watching
movies without a power chord, the battery
life is reduced to three hours. It also comes
with a Magsafe Airline adapter that works
by connecting to the MacBook and airlineseat power outlet, so that the MacBook
remains charged for the entire flight. The
Magsafe Airline adapter is adaptable to
MacBook and MacBook Pro, but not
to MacBook air. The MacBook Pro is
MacBook that runs much faster and has
slightly faster and better programs and software. The MacBook Air is a MacBook that
is much lighter than any other MacBook
that Macintosh has produce.
The new MacBook has a program called “Front
Row” that navigates
movies,
music, and photos. It comes with a remote
to view slideshow pictures and
movies. Another new addition is
the iLife ‘08 program allowing the user

All local television broadcasts will be in
either DTV or HDTV effective February
2009 due to an act of Congress.
DTV stands for Digital Television, better known as “cable,” while HDTV is short
for High Definition Television and is the
highest quality form of DTV. Channels
and broadcasts using HDTV can only be
viewed by a DTV-accessible TV set. This
means that if a TV set is not currently
hooked up to some kind of DTV tuner
by February 17 next year, it can only be
used for watching DVDs or playing video
games.
This may be inconvenient for some, but
HDTV offers a variety of good features.
A few include Dolby’s theatre surroundsound, remarkably high resolution of clarity and color, and widescreen “movie-like”
formats. HDTV cannot be viewed on
Analog broadcast channels, which are local
channels that everyone can get without
paying for cable. However, they will continue to work with cable, satellite, VCRs,
DVD players, camcorders, video game consoles and other devices.
The switch to all-digital broadcasting will
free up “empty” channels of the broadcasting network, making it able to be used by
rescue squads, police and fire departments.
Some of the broadcast network will be
auctioned to companies that will be able

to provide consumers with more advanced
wireless services. Customers will also benefit from this change because digital, rather
than analog, broadcasting allow stations to
offer improved and more efficient picture
and sound quality. For example, rather than
being limited to providing one regular TV
program, a viewer is able to offer a sharp
“high definition” digital program that goes
through a process called “multicasting.”
Multicasting allows broadcast stations to
give several channels of digital programming without disrupting the amount of
data required to view a regular program. If
someone is currently subscribed to a cable
or satellite service, there’s no need to be
worried about the upcoming HDTV and
DTV regulations.
Luckily there won’t be any charges in
order to receive these DTV broadcasts.
Although, it is possible that additional pay
services may be launched in the future.
Congress is said to be providing funds to
assist customers with “coupons” for those
additional fees. These coupons range from
$30-40 per household and only two coupons will be given per house. As to how
much this transition to DTV and HDTV
channels is going to cost is a total mystery.
Since the transition hasn’t actually
occurred yet, there is no way to calculate
the total cost until it is complete.

to use iPhoto and iDVD to share pictures,
record and broadcast songs, homemade
videos, and burn it onto a CD using the
iDVD program. MacBook comes with
an iSight camera built into it. The camera can be used as a webcam for iChat
and take pictures
when opened to
Photo Booth, with
the ability to alter
effects after the pictures are taken.
However, according to the Primate
Lab’s website on
their comparison of
the first generation
and the second generation MacBook,
however, all of the
programs on the
two generations
of the MacBook is
said to be the same.

The only difference is that the second generation MacBook runs and works much
faster than the previous.

In the United States, six million new cases of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) are
discovered every year. HPV is the most
commonly known sexually-transmitted
disease. In 2005, 20 million people were
already diagnosed with HPV. Although
many see the benefits of this medicine,
there are still looming question out there
whether this medication is necessary or
a medical company’s ruse to gain money
from the people.
Here are some questions to consider
before going under the needle – what
students should know and question they
should be asking themselves.
Q: What is Human Papilloma Virus?
A: Many people think that HPV is cervical cancer, but it isn’t. HPV is a sexually transmitted virus that’s passed on from
genital contact and from genital skin-to-skin
contact. It is very common, but rarely harmful. There are more than 60 types of HPV
viruses. HPV mainly causes genital warts
and may lead to cancer or pre cancerous
changes. Some main types of HPV are types
16 and 18; they cause 70 percent of cervical
cancer cases. Types 6 and 11 cause 90 percent of genital warts cases.

Q:What is Gardasil?
A: Gardasil is a vaccine that protects
against HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18. Girls
from the ages 9-26 are recommended to get
the Gardasil shot. It works by causing the
body to protect itself by creating antibodies.
You can use Gardasil when you are and are
not infected with HPV. It comes in a series of
three injections over a period of six months.
Some effects of Gardasil include, pain, swelling, itching, redness at injection site, fever,
nausea and dizziness. If taken during pregnancy, Gardasil may harm the baby, but it is
still undergoing more studies.
Q: How do you contract HPV?
A: Once you’re sexually active, or have contact with the genital area of an infected person, you are at risk of getting HPV. HPV is
not spread through bodily fluids, nor does it
live in the blood or in any organs. 74 percent
of HPV cases occur in people ages 15-24
years old. If a woman contracts HPV before
or while pregnant, the infant could be born
with warts in its throat, although the case of
this happening is known to be rare. This is
called respiratory papillomatosis.
Q: Can you get HPV from everyday
contact with a person that has the virus?
A: Luckily, you cannot get HPV from just
normal everyday touching. It has to be touch-

ing the genitals of a person who has Human
Papilloma Virus.

Q: Can you get Gardasil from a drug
store?
A: Unfortunately Gardasil is a series of
three shots that are needed to be given by a
certified doctor. They are given over the time
span of 6 months.
Q: Does Gardasil prevent cervical cancer?
A: In many cases, Gardasil has prevented
cervical cancer. It’s a vaccine against HPV,
but like other vaccines, it doesn’t fully protect
everyone. HPV treatments provided are targeted to make changes in the skin or mucus
membranes, such as warts or pre cancerous
cervix cells.
Q: Can guys contract HPV?
A: Guys can get genital warts from HPV.
They can get HPV from vaginal or anal sex.
It is not yet known if Gardasil is effective in
boys or men.
Q: What are the symptoms of HPV?
A: Not everyone shows symptoms, so it’s
recommended to go in for regular Pap smear
tests. Some symptoms include genital warts
on the skin of the penis, the vulva, and anus,
linings of the vagina, the cervix and the rectum. These symptoms start appearing weeks
or months later, depending on the personafter sexual contact with a person who has

HPV. The reason women can get cervical
cancer from HPV is because the virus can
convert the cervix cells into pre cancer cells.
If the HPV virus doesn’t go away, it can turn
into cervical cancer, precancerous lesions, or
genital warts, depending on the virus type.
The types of HPV that cause genital warts
are different from those that cause cervical
cancer.
Q: What if you don’t get the shot?
A: For most people the virus will go away
on its own, because your immune system
fights it; but for some women it can cause
cancer. Studies show that 70 percent of people’s immune systems can get rid of HPV in
one year and 90 percent of people’s immune
systems can get rid of HPV in three years.
Gardasil is not a required shot for all women
but it is recommended.
Q: How can you prevent HPV?
A: the best way to prevent getting HPV is
abstinence. You should also limit the number
of sexual partners you have, choose a person
who has had no or little sexual activity. Doctors don’t know how much protection condoms offer, but using them won’t hurt. Most
doctors recommend getting the Pap test, going in for regular check up and practicing
safe sex although condoms cannot provide
total protection.

An eye for an eye makes the world go blind
Can you recognize the signs of a passive aggressive act?
By Rachel Eldridge
Hawkeye staff

Have you ever been infuriated at someone, but smiled
it off? Have you ever been unintentionally cruel to someone, when they did absolutely nothing and you know it?
In here lies a problem every one of us has seen and contributed in before. It’s a malevolent vice used to unleash
pent up rage and rejection. It’s called passive aggression.
You’ve heard your friend’s stories. Hey, you’ve got stories
of your own. Stories of sudden arguments and feuds are
always common. No one knows why they started, but no
one even tries to find out, do they? The normal reaction to
a slap in the face, whether literally or figuratively, is slapping back. This could be aimed at the original attacker,
or at a fresher victim. Anyone can see where this would
end up.
With violence and lies spewing about, the cycle is unending like the trail of a circle. It passes down the generations

like a disease, and can be just as deadly. As the pushover
parent comes home from work, arrays of techniques are
used to release the mass of hoarded emotions. Their child
had nothing to do with how their day at the office went,
but you can rest assure, they will feel the repercussions of
it. Here’s the problem. Children do as they see done.
Can you see now how these hallway brawls begin?
Now no one is saying that all, or even most families twist
like this, but a couple is all it needs before these kids come
to school and start recreating what they’ve been taught.
How could they untie these weights attached to them?
They have no control or say at home. The schools look
like a breeding ground of contained emotion and yearning freedom. Like I said, not all families need to be parented by the passive aggressors. Kids teach kids as much
as anything else.
This is where the “you hurt me so let me hurt someone
else” begins. Friends betray friends, who hurt others in
turn. An old saying states that a secret told will be told to

three, who in turn tell it to three more each. It seems to
be the same with passive aggression as well. Imagine the
amount of people you and others you know have lashed
out against, whether you think it just or not. Imagine they
reciprocate it onto three people, who do the same to the
same number. Do the math and look at those numbers.
Now tell me it’s not a big deal.
The solution lies in the will of an individual. Can you
recognize the signs of a passive aggressive act? Can you
appease your fuming if it is used on you before you use it
in another? With enough self control and compassion, it
is still possible to halt this malicious act of torment.
Now mind you, without recognition, there is no change.
Without change, the circle continues on as before, and
generations to come will be faced with the same difficulties brought by passive aggression. A din sounds in
the background of a clever man chanting, “An eye for an
eye and the whole world goes blind,” and here we stand,
blind.

FACT OR FICTION?

Skipping breakfast makes you fat
By Michael Pascual
Health Editor

Fact! It may seem strange that not eating would make you fat rather than
skinny, but according to ediets.com, it is definitely true. Breakfast is considered to be the one “most important meal of the day.” Most nutritionist all
agree that breakfast keeps a persons diet in balance. Generally diets don’t
work unless breakfast is eaten regularly. Excluding breakfast decreases ones
metabolism and thus cause a much slower rate for the body to consume
digested food. Without breakfast heavier meals that are eaten towards the
latter part of the day turns to sugar then fat. This causes build up in the
body causing an unhealthy diet in many people.
One of the biggest excuses is “I don’t have time...” Well
in reality people do in fact have time. Having to do this
daily takes commitment. So, commit and get started. If
you ever wonder why diets don’t work this could be the
very reason why.

hawkeye | 30 January 2008 | health | 13

Meet ms. nelson

is this normal?!?
only remember the events that happen just
before we wake up.

Dear Ms. Nelson:

Do blind people dream and do they
dream in color?

Signed,
Inquisitive One

Kimberly Nelson
ITN?! Columnist

ITN?! (Is This Normal?!)
Columnist Kimberly Nelson is
here to answer all health-related
questions you might be afraid to
ask, or to address questions she
just feels like she really needs to
answer.
Credentials? Yep. She’s got
’em. Not only is she an MTHS
health educator, she has a masters degree in Theology and
Counseling.
So, submit your questions to
the Hawkeye, Ms. Nelson or
Michael Pascual in room 130.
Letter writers may choose to remain anonymous for ITN?!

Dear Inquisitive One:

When I first received this question, I
thought that the writer was joking and I
laughed it off. But the question haunted
me; it kept coming back making me wonder.
Not the kind of haunting like bad gas from
spicy Mexican food, but like a great movie
that made you think about different points
of view.
Sometimes stuff happens like that, does
that ever happen to you? I’m always amazed
by the interesting questions you kids have. I
LOVE that about hanging around teenagers. Thanks.
So, dreams… most human beings dream.
There has even been research saying that
dogs and cats dream. Does that mean all beings dream? What does a fly dream about?
Stale outhouses?
Or, what about a male white liger; are his
dreams nightmares of despair because nobody believes he exists?
Psychologists believe that dreams as the
tool we use to sort out our personal issues
while we sleep. Each person’s dreams are
different: in style, action, color, sound, and
meaning.
Dreams can indicate your state of mind.
We dream about stuff that happens in our
everyday lives. And, you will dream about
situations several times, each occurrence
with a different outcome. It’s kind of like
you are practicing solving problems in your
mind. The weird thing about dreams is that
we don’t remember hardly any of them. We

Let’s play a little game: Imagine an orange.
Thinking…
There have been lots of studies about
Thinking…
dreams; their symbolism, meaning, process,
What types of images popped into your
colors, level of violence, and implications mind’s eye? The tangy fresh smell. The sharp
for our daily lives. You can go to the book- sweet taste? The rough sticky texture? The
store and will probably find a whole section symmetrical bright look? Or the sound of
of volumes on dreams and their meanings. the sections peeling apart? Did anyone think
People have jobs related to dreaming and about cleanliness? Fragrant baked bread?
sleep studies, and dream interpretation is a Summertime? Vacation memories? Candy
technique for psychoanalysis.
or soda? Art projects? Each of us probably
Now that you have a little basic background has a different response because our sensory
info on dreaming, let’s get to the question at system is so interrelated and inseparable
hand: Do blind people dream in color?
from our brains. And, we each have millions
I asked Whitney Jensen, a former MTHS of tiny events in our lives that interconnectstudent Class of 2005, and who is blind, ed by sensory data.
about her dreams. She said, “My dreams are
Have you ever heard somebody who is
like real situations in my life. I dream about mad use the expression “I was seeing red!”
all sorts of stuff. It’s amazing that a person We often think of red as a passionate or anwho is legally blind can almost see what’s gry color. But there is actually some reality
happening in their own way.”
in that saying.
What does she mean that a “blind person
Did you know that there is a medical concan almost see…
dition called “synesthesia,” it’s
in their own
where a person’s senses blend
There has even been research saying that together. How it works is that
way”?
According to dogs and cats dream. Does that mean all information process gets mixed
Mrs.
Leopold, beings dream? What does a fly dream about? up in the brain instead of reStale outhouses?
who is a teacher
maining separate. These lucky
for MTHS’s Vipeople can actually feel or hear
sion
Impaired
color. Can you imagine how
students, “Blind students learn color using cool that would be? I want to be able to hear
concepts or another sense.”
blue when I’m stressed out. How would
For example, if you want to teach a young green feel? Understanding this condition is
blind student about the color of orange you providing scientists with valuable clued to
could use the texture or smell of an orange, understanding the organization and funcor the feel of the sun on your face. In fact, tions of the brain. For more info, look up the
if a seeing person had to explain the color American Synesthesia Association at www.
orange, I would be willing bet that most of synesthesia.info.
you would use an orange or the sun as a refThis column was not very funny, but was
erence. Blind people don’t have visual imag- really cool to research. Thanks to whoever
es to reference instead they reference other wrote this extraordinary question! I hope
senses.
the readers are left with something interestOur five senses, sight, touch, smell, hear- ing to think about
ing and taste are so interrelated. Some are
And, if you have any questions you
actually physically connected. Our smell would like me to answer, send them to the
and taste work together to provide us with Hawkeye, care of Ms. Nelson and they
sensory information about food. When we will pass your queries onto me! Until next
have a cold and our sinuses’ are stuffed up, time…Enjoy your new semester! Love you!
Ms. Nelson
we have troubles with both taste and smell.

Clune’s Corner

meet mr. clune

Dude, it’s just weed
A

ctually it’s THC, delta-9 tetra-hydro-cannabinol, the primary psychoactive substance in marijuana. How THC
affects the brain is important to understand just like cigarette
smokers needing to understand nicotine and how it works in
the brain. For some students marijuana seems to get compared
to other drugs instantly and their conclusion is that smoking
“weed” has no adverse consequences or it’s cool.
Can marijuana be addictive? Well due to a super nerd named Dr. Ralph Mechoulam
and his discovery in 1992 of the brain’s
own endogenous cannabinoid neurotransmitters and receptors their
has and will be a lot more scientific data on the issue of marijuana
addiction. The answer is yes.
(over 285,000 folks, in 2002,
USA, entered drug treatment
to deal with marijuana (THC)
addiction) Think about it
whether a person has a mental
or physical addiction to something it’s going to have a “real” effect on their daily lives. Weed is
not an easy drug to let go of once
you start liking it. Some students
share that they use or need it to deal
with stress.
HELLO! Any drug, such as weed that is
used for primarily coping with stress suggests that
there’s some addiction happening. The challenge is to learn
about healthier ways to get rid of stress. I write songs and perform music in a band. That what works for me. It’s only one
activity I do to manage stress.

Smoking marijuana affects and changes our priorities. This
occurs because THC effects areas in the brain that has to do
with being motivated. As in, I’m a student and what do I need
to work on and get done today. It’s very hard to get these things
accomplished or even happening when your motivation is
drained. Ask yourself , do I want THC (weed), controlling me
or do I want to be the captain of my own ship?
When a student brings marijuana to school is
that a smart decision? The question
to consider is who made that decision
the THC or the student?? Interesting
most students when they get straight
say, “yea, that was a dumb thing to
do.” Weed like any illicit drug initially affects our judgment. This
is a physiological fact.
A few other things to consider
about marijuana: It screws up
your lungs. Boy that sounded
real scientific. How about the
toxic compounds from smoking
weed impair and compromise
one’s cardiovascular system. Is that
better? Yes, there is a lot of tar in
weed just like cigarettes. Not a good
thing to drive a car and be stoned as
reflexes, (stopping and starting) tracking (making turns) and paying attention to
the road are severely compromised. This increases
the risk of an accident.
Maybe there’s a little more to weed (THC) then you thought.
Hey thanks for listening.

Michael Clune
Intervention Prevention
Columnist

Michael Clune is a highly skilled,
experienced Chemical Dependency
Counselor and is available to help and assist
MTHS students and staff with Alcohol/
Drug issues. This could be another student,
one of your friends, family members or
yourself needing information, a referral or
counseling services. Clune is a Nationally
Certified Addictions Counselor, a Mental
Health Specialist and he is also Nationally
Certified to deal with Domestic Violence/
Anger Management and Relapse Prevention
problems.

Phone: (425) 431-5599
Office: Counseling Center
Hours: M-F 7am-2pm

14 | health | 30 January 2008 | hawkeye

Stem cell discovery promises an
ethical means of organ production
A breakthrough in stem cell research omits
the destruction of human embryos
By Joan Tran

In 2001, President Bush
passed a decree to use embryonic stem cells for reA breakthrough has
search. Embryonic stem
finally come at last. Scicells can be taken from
entists have found a way
embryos that were origito study embryonic stem
nally used for reproductive
cells without the actual
purposes, but are no longer
use of human embryos.
needed. Scientists cannot
Image courtesy of REUTERS/Junying Yu/University of Wisconsin-Madison/Handout
They have discovered a The image shows a rat heart made from a single skin cell injected with DNA to produce a functioning organ.
take the embryos without
way to reprogram skin cell
consent. And donating emto act similar to that of an
bryos must not involve any
into a cardiac
of the body, but the
embryo. By injecting DNA to muscle cell. This
adult cells have a lim- financial incentive. This has limthese cells, its properties are ma- cardiac muscle cell
ited amount of cells to ited research on embryonic stem
nipulated to mock those of stem could be injected
cells, for the embryonic stem cells
divide into.
cell features.
are hard to get. It makes the eminto a person who
This is a big breakthrough, as had a heart attack.
Embryonic
stem bryonic stem cell research very
it has solved problem raised from The cell can help
cells have raised many hard to do.
the embryonic stem cell research. repair the damaged
controversial debates.
However, a breakthrough arMany religious authorities and muscle in the heart.
On one side, there are rived in November 2007 from
politicians have opposed and Stem cells are very
people who believe Wisconsin and Japan. Dr. Shinya
advocated for sanctions of con- promising to the
embryonic stem cells Yamanaka from Tokyo Univertinuing research. With this new medical world. It is
are the key to fight sity Scientists have reported of
found method previous concerns promising, because
cancer, AIDS, Al- their discovery that human skin
such as the “inhuman” destruc- if more research is
zheimer’s, and other cells can be manipulated into
tion of embryos should diminish made, these stem
degenerative diseases. acting like an embryonic stem
Image courtesy of REUTERS/Junying Yu/University of Wisconsin-Madison/Handout
concerns.
Though it is not test- cell. Four genes are added into
cells can help repair
The image shows genetic modifications in skin cells to induce
Stem cells are like the blank the body.
ed, these people deem the human skin cell, it is reprothe cells into what scientists call a pluripotent state – a
tiles played on the Scrabble board
that with research grammed, and there you have
condition that is essentially the same as that of embryonic
game. As these cells divide into
One of the sourc- stem cells.
done, their hypoth- it, a cell with the same propermore cells, there are two choices es for retrieving the
esis could be proven ties as the embryonic stem cell.
these stem cells can transform stem cells is from
and progress would If these researches of human skin
other blood-inherited diseases.
into. The first choice is the cells di- adult organs and tissues, like the Also, the adult blood forming be made. On the other hand, with the same properties as an
viding and producing more stem brain, blood vessels, and the skel- stem cell from the bone marrow some people say these embryonic embryonic stem cell progresses,
cells. The second choice is for the etal muscles. These retrieved stem is being used in transplants for stem cells are the cures to incur- it would solve the controversial
stem cells dividing and becoming cells are known as the somatic thirty years now. Though adult able disease are empty promises. problem as well as getting the
a cell with a specific function. It stem cells, also known as the adult stem cells have been very suc- They claim that wasting human materials to research. With this
could be a red blood cell, a muscle been stem cells. They are current- cessful for patients, it is believed embryos for the embryonic stem breakthrough, scientists are havcell, or any cell that can help the ly the only kind of stem cells used that these cells aren’t as effective cells research are inhumane, that ing troubles with using the hubody. This is very promising in to treat diseased patients. Adult the embryonic stem cells. It is be- by using human embryos to ex- man skin cells with embryonic
helping patients. For an example, stem cells have been used to cause embryonic stem cells have tract embryo stem cells, potential stem cell properties and turning
in a lab, a stem cell is transformed treat leukemia, lymphoma, and the ability to become all cell types lives are being taken away.
it into medical treatments.

Hawkeye staff

Cloned meat: Is this what’s for dinner?
By Joslyn Ching
Hawkeye staff

Cloning. No one seems to associate the word with ‘food’.
Especially not meat. Grilled steak. Pork chops. Chicken
enchiladas. Sushi and sashimi. Unless you are vegetarian,
you probably like meat. As Americans, we consume it every day. It’s in the omelet we had for breakfast, the ‘pizza’
sold in the cafeteria, and in the chicken divine that mom
makes for dinner. However, major advances in the scientific fields have been made, and the government is thinking
about allowing cloned meat on supermarket shelves.
In 1996, the world’s first clone, a sheep named Dolly, was
successfully cloned, and since then, the cloning industry
has taken off. The sciences have been used multiple times
successfully on sheep, cattle, pigs, horses, and many, many
other mammalian species.
Cloning is going to be a very helpful thing in the farm
breeding industry, too, scientists say. Many prized horses
in the show industry are only recognized as such after they
are castrated, but with cloning, it would not matter. The
horses, and any other animal, could be cloned, producing
many of these award-winning animals could produce papered offspring, and a lot of money could be made from it.
Some people are opposed to the idea of cloning animals,
but as Barbara Glenn, chief of animal biotechnology at
the Biotechnology Industry Organization says, “Clones
are just clones. They are not genetically engineered animals.”
But as for the food industry, the FDA approved the process in October of 2003, and the meat derived from the
cloned animals therein. The most surprising thing stopping the cloned meat industry, though, is not PETA supporters, or even the meat industries. It’s the dairy companies such as Dannon, Kraft and Nestlé. They are most
worried about milk sales going down, when the cloned

milk comes onto the market, becloned meat, or at least clones’ progeny,
60 percent of the American population is
cause of milk’s age-old ‘wholesome’
on the market. Several owners of cloned
image. They fear that, if the FDA uncomfortable with the idea of consuming animals have been selling in vitro sercloned meat and dairy products.
truly allows the sale of clone’s milk
vices, and have been using the animals as
and other dairy products, people
prize-winning studs at farm clubs. Most
will refuse for ‘moral and ethical
of the animals from the studding are sold,
reasons’, and the companies may go bankrupt. Still, even slaughtered, and eaten, say cloning and stud experts. Right
after all the evidence, studies and surveys have shown that now, anyone can go online and purchase cloned semen for
more than 60 percent of the American population is un- in vitro fertilization, and most of it is used to make anicomfortable with the idea of consuming cloned meat and mals for slaughter.
dairy products.
Though it is a controversial subject, cloning will no doubt
Some groups have called for the labeling of products play a part in the future of meat and dairy sale. Genetically
fit for consumption derived from clones, but scientists and biologically indistinguishable from regular animals,
say that it would be an impossible thing to do, seeing as clones have already made their way into the American
cloned milk and meat is impossible to distinguish from food supply, and as scientific expertise and discoveries ex‘natural’ animals. Even now, though, there could already be pand, there is no way to say what will happen.

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Seasons coming to a close
Wrestling
By Colin Diltz
Photography Manager

Hard work, determination and perseverance are
some of the many words that can describe how
hard the wrestling team has worked all season.
While placing last in the WesCo South, the
team’s standing isn’t an accurate portrayal of their
performance.
One of the senior captains, Nate Dabling, had
this to say about the last match versus Shorecrest:
“If you only count matches wrestled, we won.
That’s what matters to us. The score doesn’t really
represent the performance.”
It was clear that the team was determined to
win, but the obstacle of having to forfeit some
points made it hard.
“The match went very well. Match for match we
won it. Out of nine matches wrestled we won six.
We automatically give up 24 points because we
don’t have enough people,” Dabling said.
Another match would have been won, but the
Terrace wrestler was disqualified for biting. The
match overall was very exciting and the last match
by Taylor Call, a freshman, was very intense. His
performance reflected everyone’s on the team that
they were here to win their matches even with
the 24 point barrier. It’s obvious that the team
has good chemistry because they were cheering
each other on, even injured senior captain Casey
Finnicum, was congratulating each of his teammates after each of their matches.
If anyone didn’t look at the score board they
Colin Diltz/Hawkeye
would have thought the energy of the team would Hawks junior forward Karsten Strieby drives on the Edmonds-Woodway defense
in
be from the excitement of winning the game.
last Friday’s game against the Warriors in the Terraceum. Despite Strieby’s game“We’re holding our heads high,” Dabling men- high 22 points, the Hawks dropped the game 61-51.
tioned and seems to be true for before, during,
last chance to catch the hawks in action
and after each match.
It seemed like this team could go very far in the
next few years if they get some more people to
join. “The team is really young. [There were] only
four returning wrestlers due to injury and quitting of others. All others are first years and have
made vast improvement,” Dabling said. With that
it looks like an excellent foundation, the future
has been built for a great wrestling team in the
for the Hawks.

Women’s
basketball
By Mallory Jackson
Sports Co-Editor

The Hawks wom“ We have stumbled a little
en’s basketball team
played an impres- bit, and we’re finally starting
sive game against to get back on our feet. In the
Edmonds-Woodway past couple of games, we have
really shown our potential
last Friday. By the
and I think we are seeing
end of the first quarter, Terrace was now what we are capable of
accomplishing.”
ahead with 22 points
Tiffany Staley
to Woodway’s nine.
varsity player
However, the Hawks
could not keep up
with the Warrior’s defense and lost 54-55 at the
buzzer.
With such a young team, it’s almost expected
that the team will stumble a little bit. Regardless,
it seems that this team is finally starting to come
into their own.
“We have stumbled a little bit, and we’re finally
starting to get back on our feet. In the past couple
of games, we have really shown our potential and
I think we are seeing now what we are capable of
accomplishing,” junior Tiffany Staley said.
The Hawks have been working hard during
practices, and have been pushing themselves and
each other to the max. Staley is also very supportive of her fellow teammates stating that, with
every girl’s individual role in the success of the
team aside, there are three players that, in her
mind, stand out as model players.
“Emma Fritz has been a great leader and a role
model for our younger players. She is always
encouraging everyone and she keeps out team
composed on the court,” Staley said.
“(Katy Hinson) has really stepped it up in her
game by being versatile and playing both post
and guard which is definitely new for her,” she
said.
And about guard Cori Pingul, all Staley needed to say was, “She has picked up the intensity.
All out all the time.”

Sports talk

A

10-6 regular season record and an awfully disappointing loss in the NFC Divisional round of the
playoffs seems like a very typical season for the Seahawks
in the Mike Holmgren era.
When I say typical, I
mean typical as in for the
fourth year in a row, the
Seahawks were the NFC
West Champions, played
through a very easy schedule, played exceptionally
well at home, displayed a
Derek Giles
Sports Co-Editor
high-powered offense and
like the gold-standard for
the Seahawks, choked in the playoffs.
The season started with promise as the Seahawks
rolled over a much improved Tampa Bay team with a
20-6 win at roaring Qwest Field. Hasselbeck was stellar
and Shaun proved that he still might have it in him and
prove he could bounce back from a poor 2006 season.
The next six games consisted of a 20-23 loss at Arizona, a
21-24 win at home against Cincinnati, a 23-3 win in San
Francisco, a 21-0 shutout loss in Pittsburgh, a surprising
28-17 loss to New Orleans at home and a 33-6 win at
home against the struggling St. Louis Rams.
So, going into the bye week at week eight, the Seahawks
were up and down and all over the place. The only two
things that stayed consistent through this stretch were
one, the steady and rock-solid play of quarterback Matt
Hasselbeck and two, the screaming, rowdy, out-of-con-

As usual, the Seahawks call it a year
trol and ridiculously loud “12th man” that swayed many
games for the Seahawks in their favor at home.
Other than these two anchors though, the Seahawks
couldn’t rely too heavily on anything. Shaun Alexander
looked as old as he ever has. Alexander ran with zero
explosiveness and it seemed to be a stretch for him to
break any sort of tackle. To boot, the Seahawks offensive
line was noticeably weaker and that once world-class left
side of the line greatly fell off due to the absence of guard
Steve Hutchinson (now playing for Minnesota).
Heading out of the bye-week, what lay ahead for the
Seahawks was very hard to predict. The single thing that
may have been predictable is that, when the Seahawks
are at home, a win will most likely follow.
And this was the case. The remainder of the season
went as follows; a 33-30 loss in Cleveland, a 24-0 win at
home against San Francisco, a 30-23 win at home against
Chicago, a 24-19 victory at St. Louis, a 28-24 win in
Philadelphia, a blowout 42-21 win against Arizona at
home, a 13-10 loss in Carolina, a 27-6 home win against
Baltimore and lastly, a shocking 44-41 loss to the Falcons
in Atlanta.
Tied for an NFC best with Green Bay, the Seahawks
finished 7-1 at home and went undefeated at home
after their bye week. In addition, the Seahawks at home
would usually win in a very forceful manner with only
two opponents (excluding the single loss at home against
New Orleans) getting the game within one score. One
against Cininnati, a 24-21 win and one against Chicago,
a 30-23 win. All of this culminating for a 7-1 home

record, a 3-5 away record and a 10-6 overall record.
In the playoffs, the Seahawks looked classic as ever. By
winning the Wildcard game against Washington 35-14,
they had to travel to a freezing Lambeau field to face
Brett Favre and the rolling Packers.
In the end, the 14-point first quarter lead the Seahawks
had wasn’t nearly enough as they battled the snow and
the explosive Packer offense. After two fumbles resulting
in two early Seahawks touchdowns, Green Bay running
back Ryan Grant rushed for 201 yards and three touchdowns along with Brett Favre passing for 173 yards and
three touchdowns.
Green Bay proved to be too fast and the Seahawks
defense proved to be too vulnerable; at one point Green
Bay scored a touchdown on five straight possessions and
marched on to end the Seahawks season. The final score
of the game: 42-20.
On a positive note, great statistical strides were taken
throughout the course of the year. Quarterback Matt
Hasselbeck had a career year; throwing for a career best
3,966 yards as well as a career best 28 touchdowns. To go
along with this, Hasselbeck threw only 12 interceptions.
On the other side of the ball, defensive lineman Patrick
Kerney had a monstrous year. Finishing second in the
Defensive Player of the Year Award voting behind Bob
Sanders of Indianapolis, Kerney was second in the NFL
in sacks and was very disruptive.
Lastly, coach Mike Holmgren will be sticking around
for another year to try and lead the Seahawks to a fifth
straight NFC West Division title.

16 | Sports | 19 December 2007 | hawkeye

Men’s
basketball
By Derek Giles
Sports Co-Editor

Sitting in seventh place with a division record of 5-8 and
an overall record of 6-11, the Hawks have clearly been
underachieving.
Last night, the Hawks dropped an important WesCo
South game to Jackson, 61-49. Forward Karsten Strieby
had 19 points to lead Mountlake Terrace, but it simply
wasn’t enough as the Hawks were outscored in all but the
second quarter in Mill Creek.
In other recent games, the Hawks proved themselves
victorious against Kamiak and Shorewood, but suffered a
home loss to Edmonds-Woodway.
Against Kamiak, leading scorers for the Hawks were
post Tarik Kunduklija with 16, and rather new to the varsity squad, Jaykob Sells with 11.

The Hawks won by a score of 50-41.
Sells, a guard, proved his worth on the squad when he
hit three crucial three-pointers late in the game to help the
Hawks win in their upset against Meadowdale on Jan. 4.
Leading the Hawks though, was post Karsten Strieby
with an impressive 18 points against the Mavericks.
In the game against Shorewood, it was quite a low-scoring affair. With Shorewood’s leading scorer held to a measly five points, the Hawk defense was strong and came out
with a 35-23 win.
“It was the most frustrating basketball win of my life,
they just didn’t shoot the ball,” said forward Karsten
Strieby. “I don’t understand why they didn’t shoot more.
They just held onto the ball even though they were down
by 10.”
Leading scorers for the game were posts Kunduklija with
10 and Strieby with 10.
The latest Hawks game however went in a different
direction than that of the previous two. Against Edmonds-

Woodway in a very hard fought battle, the Hawks took a
10-point 61-51 loss to the red hot Warriors.
Edmonds-Woodway’s balanced attack seemed to be a
little bit too much for the Hawks as the Warriors had five
players with eight or more points.
On the Terrace side, Kunduklija finished with 14 and
leading all scorers was Strieby with 22. Strieby had his
most dominant performance of the year by hitting not
only long-range three-pointers but also blocking shots
down low.

Senior forward Tarik Kunduklija drives to the bucket in a Friday
night loss against Edmonds-Woodway. Kunduklija finished
with 14 points and forward Karsten Strieby finished with a
game-high 22 points.

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